As a guide, the starting direction of each answer word (i.e., the direction of the word before the right-angle turn) is indicated by the letter given after the clue number. Words can go north, south, east, or west to start with. Of additional help is the fact that each letter in the correctly completed grid appears in exactly two words, no more, no less.
In the puzzle below, only the definitions of the answer words have been given.1E | V (7) |
2E | V (4) |
2S | Raid (5) |
3W | French Wine (3) |
4E | Part of Pharoah's Domain (4) |
5W | Miss Oyl (5) |
6S | Vitality (5) |
6S | Spoken rather than written (6) |
7S | Gasoline brand (6) |
8N | Spy's false identity (5) |
8N | Man in stripes (7) |
9E | Roof overhang (4) |
10S | Eager (4) |
11E | Raucous noise (3) |
12S | Young eel (5) |
13E | Pay envelope rurprise (5) |
14N | Hereditary element (4) |
15N | Alistair McLean locale (8) |
16W | Come together (8) |